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Shelter officials say the person who abandoned the cats is a woman wearing a beanie and glasses. They say she was driving a bright red SUV.

The shelter wants to stress that situations like these are avoidable. Workers say they will help anyone who is no longer able to care for their animals.

Last month, a woman was caught on security camera abandoning a dog outside the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society in Lewiston. The dog was later killed after it was run over by a car. Officials at the Farmington shelter say someone also left a box of kittens outside their front porch on Christmas Eve.